"Now there is Pang Tong and Du Wei in the west, Zhuge Liang and Cai Ming in the south, and only the north is left. Zhelan destroyed the old nest of Xianbei and Wuhuan this time. Both sides suffered heavy losses and will definitely be in ruins.
When our Sichuan cavalry arrives on the grassland and joins forces with Zhelan, Xianbei Wuhuan will be at its end, and the northern grassland will definitely have to be managed by then.
If Cao Cao is placed due north, then I am hanging a sword for myself.
But I think there is a good place, which is northeast of Youzhou and east of Liaodong. It is the place where the five tribes of Donghu, including Wuhuan and Xianbei, started. After Wuhuan and Xianbei are equalized, they will definitely need people to govern.
I'll just let Cao Cao go.
When the time comes, a loyal general will be sent to manage the northeastern frontier army. Cao Cao will only deal with internal affairs, open up wasteland and cultivate land, and educate the border people, and the threat will be minimized.
Even if Cao Cao rebels, first of all, we have a large number of cavalry in the northern grassland and an army in Youzhou, so we can quickly quell the rebellion, but what if we can't quell the rebellion?
In the barren land in the northeast of Youzhou, Cao Cao wanted to rebel and wait for two or three generations to open up a barren land. Wouldn't that indirectly integrate into the Han Dynasty? Even if there is a rebellion, I think the Northeast will eventually be integrated into the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty will not
Suffer a loss."
"It's a good place for Cao Cao. I believe that with Cao Cao's temperament, he will not feel that the northeast of Youzhou is remote, but will feel at ease. However," Huang Yueying smiled: "My lord seems to be more afraid of Cao Cao than that little
The island nation of Japan is much lower."
Huang Yueying did not understand that Liu Zhang could let Cao Cao, a recognized tycoon, go out and develop. Even if Cao Cao rebels in later generations, he would not be afraid, and he felt that he would only indirectly integrate into the Han Dynasty.
However, the Xu family wanted to spread Chinese culture to the Japanese slaves, but Liu Zhang was firmly opposed.
Liu Zhang did not explain and continued: "I won't kill Cao Cao, so those generals will have nothing to worry about. I know people like Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Guo Jia. They will not betray easily. They are all great talents and will be the pillars of building the country in the future."
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Liu Zhang did not say anything yet. These people had no foundation after joining the Sichuan Army. A large amount of fresh blood could just balance the current power of the Sichuan Army. Liu Zhang had a vague feeling that the current Sichuan Army, regardless of military force, was moving to an extreme against the nobility.
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Yecheng once again consulted on the issue of aliens. A large number of officials and generals suggested mobilizing the treasury to nourish the Xianbei and Wuhuan armies to resist pressure from the north.
However, today's Cao Cao has completely lost the ambiguous attitude of yesterday and firmly opposed it. Even in the end, only a few people stood in the hall: Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Tian Yu. The other officials all seconded the proposal, but Cao Cao remained unmoved and sternly refused.
Nourishing interracial proposal.
"It doesn't make sense."
After the disbandment of the dynasty, officials of the family gathered in Chen Qun's mansion. Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang roared loudly, and the other officials and backbones of the family also looked angry.
Sima Lang said: "Isn't it too much for the King of Wei to do this? Don't you know what people want? Now we are in danger, why do you care about national justice? Damn it, if the Sichuan barbarians come in
Come on, that's a hundred times more brutal than the aliens.
He, Cao Cao, is alone in the red mouth and white teeth of the whole nation, regardless of Man Tangwu's dissuasion. Could it be that the Sichuan barbarians have invaded from the north, can he, Cao Cao, still be able to defeat the enemy with his red mouth and white teeth?"
After Sima Lang finished speaking, his chest was still heaving, apparently still angry. He was dissatisfied with Cao Cao for resisting the advice of the ministers.
Everyone spoke one after another, all of whom were unhappy. After a while, Wu Zhi suppressed the discussion and said to everyone: "Now is not the time to complain. We should think about what to do first.
After our troops were defeated by Zhang Liao, we were already stretched thin to guard the Yellow River and Taihang Mountains, and it was impossible to defend the north. If there were no foreign tribes, even if I don't understand military affairs, I know that the Sichuan barbarians must have come from the north."
"Yes, Mr. Wu is right." Chen Qun said: "The alien army now only relies on the dry food they carry with them, and occasionally grabs guns at the border. How long can it last like this? When their food and grass are cut off, Zhe Lanying can defeat them in one fell swoop.
They, it will be too late to help them."
"This is not the worst." An official said: "The Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people will not wait to die. If they see that they can't go back to the north, they will definitely rob the south. The food and grass for the hundreds of thousands of troops will not be robbed.
The border residents can maintain it, and they will definitely invade Hebei when the time comes.
The brainless foreigners don’t mind being the tip of the sword for the Sichuan barbarians. By then, not only will the foreigners not be able to help us, they will also come to attack us, and we will definitely die.”
Everyone was silent, and they were all afraid of the current situation. Their lives were hanging by a thread, but Cao Cao happened to be holding on to this thread, and he would let go at any time.
They didn't take the Jiangzhou massacre seriously at first, and even laughed at Liu Zhang for not knowing politics. Later, countless massacres did not arouse any alarm, until the Xuchang massacre.
But now, everyone's minds are filled with the hundreds of thousands of descendants of the family that were killed by the Sichuan army. They are shuddering and their hearts are filled with infinite fear.
"Zhongda, what do you think?" Sima Hui and several old patriarchs sat aside. They didn't say a word. They closed their eyes and listened quietly to everyone talking. At this time, they were really impatient. There was no point in arguing.
, you still need to have an idea.
"Mr. Shui Jing, I'm so sorry. All the ministers' advice is useless, and I can't do anything. Obviously, the King of Wei is determined not to aid the foreigners, unless one of you can convince the lord to change his national concept."
Sima Yi said and looked at everyone one by one.
"Can you?...Can you?...Can you?"
Those who were questioned lowered their heads one after another, and Sima Yi stopped talking and returned to the look of a lifeless corpse again.
"Even Zhongda can't do anything, alas..."
Everyone shook their heads. At this moment, an official suddenly said: "We ministers who come to remonstrate with the King of Wei do not need to accept it. If all the officials and generals who can come to Yecheng come to remonstrate with us, won't the King of Wei also accept it? I'm afraid that
It's time for King Wei to think about it."
After the official finished speaking, everyone was silent for a while. Wu Zhi said cautiously: "This... is a form of remonstrance."
Many people are a little unsure, because everyone knows that the step of forcing remonstrance is the last step. If it fails, it will completely break down.
"I think it's feasible." Chen Qun said suddenly, as if he had made up his mind: "This is the only feasible way at the moment. We must use everyone's strength to let Cao Cao know how ridiculous his so-called national integrity is.
When Zhang Liao was defeated, what did it have to do with us? But Cao Cao and Guo Jia took the opportunity to reorganize our soldiers. What could we do at that time?
Considering the overall situation of fighting against the Sichuan army, we did nothing and allowed them to be recruited in vain. Why should we? Isn’t it just to keep the Sichuan barbarians out?
Now that we have reached this point, Cao Cao comes here to talk about national justice. Is this not betrayal? Since Cao Cao lost the Lord's favor first, there is no need for us to surrender.
Tomorrow all officials, military generals, local elders and influential people will gather at the Wei Palace to petition.
If Cao Cao is still unwilling to humbly accept advice, then he is a coward and a mediocre leader. I am afraid he will not be able to shoulder the important task of resisting the Sichuan barbarians."
Everyone was obviously not ready to force him to remonstrate, but after thinking about it, there was no other way. Rather than being invaded by the Sichuan army and entering Hebei, they would certainly choose to take a risk.
After discussing for a long time, there was finally no objection, and Chen Qun said: "Okay. That's it, we will all give advice tomorrow. Cao Cao is the overlord, and there is no guarantee that he will not get angry if we do this.
Therefore, closely monitor the deployment of troops such as Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals. If any abnormal movement is found, it means that Cao Cao wants to attack us, and we may have no choice but to do what Huo Guang did."
The officials sighed and dispersed. They were all nervous, but the matter was over. In order to survive, even if they were nervous, these officials had no intention of shrinking from tomorrow's remonstrance.
At dusk, Sima Yi was studying at home. Sima Fu said from behind: "Second brother, I'm afraid tomorrow's remonstrance will not go well. Cao Cao is not the kind of person who will be overwhelmed by public anger. I'm afraid something big will happen. Why do you look so indifferent?"
Not in a hurry?"
"Is there any use in being anxious?" Sima Yi said, pointing to the gloomy distant mountains outside the door and asking Sima Fu: "Third brother, what did you see?"
Sima Fu looked out with confusion. It had just rained in Yecheng, and the distance was still shrouded in haze. He could only reply: "It's fog."
"Yes, it's foggy." Sima Yi sighed: "The fog is so thick that I can't see clearly. If I'm still in a hurry at this time, it will be even harder to see clearly."
"What do you mean, third brother?" Sima Fu asked confused.
"There is a heavy fog in the court now." Sima Yi put the book on his knees: "Cao Cao, a generation of overlords, has been unusual recently. Hearing about his daughter's betrayal yesterday and the Sichuan army's victory was so indifferent, which is abnormal enough, but today it suddenly happened
He firmly opposed it, his attitude was so resolute, he was totally different from yesterday.
That's all. Yesterday can be regarded as pretending to be calm, and today can be regarded as thinking about things all night long.
But I think Cao Cao's attitude yesterday, even if he pretended to be calm, was only superficially calm. He should at least summon some people at night to discuss a countermeasure.
But yesterday, Cao Cao only summoned Guo Jia, and he stayed in the room with Lingju the whole time. This is wrong.
It can be said that Cao Cao has such a firm attitude today because of his national integrity, but I know Cao Cao too well. Even if he cares about national integrity, he should have discussed a good response after loudly rejecting the suggestions of the ministers.
But what did Cao Cao do today? He blindly opposed it, but he was not very enthusiastic about asking other officials for other opinions, nor did he propose a solution.
Do you see something is wrong?
Cao Cao adopted such an attitude, as if he was just opposed to the proposal of the aristocracy to nourish foreign races, but he did not mention a word about the Sichuan army's precautions.
To say it is urgent, the Sichuan Army should be the most urgent. With Cao Cao's pragmatic style, this is definitely not possible."
"Yes." After Sima Yi reminded him, Sima Fu also came to his senses: "The King of Wei seems to have just opposed the ministers' proposal, but did not think about dealing with the Sichuan army. This is indeed strange."
"Third brother, if we want to survive in this troubled world, we must not think like other people. Those family officials and so on, when they saw Cao Cao opposing their advice, they felt like they had their tail stepped on and fell into anger.
What problems can an angry person think about? So, no matter what time, let yourself be calm."
"Do you think I'm not in a hurry? I am." Sima Yi sighed, raised his head and looked at the ceiling and said: "I vaguely feel that this time, it will affect our life and death. If we don't deal with it carefully, the world will be ruined."
There is no one as big as me, Sima Yi."
"So serious?" Sima Fu asked in shock.
"There are only two possibilities for Cao Cao's behavior. The first is that Cao Cao has no intention of dealing with the Sichuan army. He wants to surrender."
"How is this possible?" As soon as Sima Yi finished speaking, Sima Fu shouted out loudly.
"I also know that it is impossible. I only say that this is a speculation. If it were not Cao Cao, but other Lulu princes, I would definitely think that they would surrender, but Cao Cao would not."
Sima Yi continued: "The rest is the second possibility. Cao Cao has already thought of a way to deal with the Sichuan army. Although I don't know what the way is, if Cao Cao comes up with it, then something will definitely happen if we force him to remonstrate tomorrow."
"Since Cao Cao has figured out how to deal with the Sichuan army, why are we still in trouble? Does Cao Cao want to cut off his own arm?" Sima Fu asked doubtfully.
"Hmph." Sima Yi said disdainfully: "Arms? They used to be arms, but now they are constraints. After Cao Cao used his cronies to reorganize the army of the Shi clan, he did not fully gain the morale of the army. The children of the Shi clan still have a great influence in the army.
If Cao Cao were forced to remonstrate tomorrow and imprisoned many officials, generals and influential elders of the aristocratic clans, wouldn't the imperial court re-affiliate to Cao Cao? If the upper echelons of the aristocratic clansmen were gone, the lower ranks of the army would return faster.
, Cao Cao was able to complete the final reorganization of the army, this is Cao Cao's consistent overlord style."
"With so many people in custody, isn't Cao Cao afraid of arousing the anger of the clan?"
"So by forcing everyone to remonstrate, aren't you giving Cao Cao an excuse?"
"Even if there is a reason to go to jail, there will be rifts."
"When we first recruited the army of the descendants of the Shi clan, were the rifts big enough? What did our Shi clan do?" Sima Yi smiled: "As long as the Sichuan army is here, those members of the Shi clan will always be led by Cao Cao."
Sima Fu looked shocked. Until now, he really thought something was going to happen.
Sima Yi never thought in his wildest dreams that he had made a mistake, but he got it wrong.
At this moment, a servant came in and saluted Brother Sima: "Two gentlemen, Mr. Shui Jing sent someone to invite you, saying that we have something important to discuss."
Sima Fu waved his hand to let the servants go out, and said to Sima Yi: "Third brother, Mr. Shui Jing asked third brother to go at this time. What can I do?"
"What can happen if an arrogant man calls me over? It's not just that." Sima Yi lazily stood up with a disdainful look on his face, patted his butt and prepared to go out.
After taking two steps, Sima Fu said: "Third brother, the situation is critical, you have to make an idea."